The Tool to Quiet Your Monkey Mind – Fast and Free

Name: The Tool to Quiet Your Monkey Mind – Fast and Free
Uploaded: 2025-06-21T04:37:51+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this brief instructional exchange, Speaker A asks for tools to reduce reactivity and the "monkey mind" that leads to constant mental chatter. Speaker…

21 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional exchange, Speaker A asks for tools to reduce reactivity and the "monkey mind" that leads to constant mental chatter. Speaker B responds with a simple, body‑based technique that does not require active thinking. The method begins by softening the eyes and adopting a gentle gaze, which releases tension around the eyes and creates a sense of spaciousness. This visual softening automatically triggers the body's relaxation response, allowing the practitioner to zoom out from a zoomed‑in, problem‑focused state and experience an immediate shift in mental and emotional tone. The guidance emphasizes that the body will respond naturally, making the practice fast, free, and accessible in the moment.

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What are some of those tools to help people not be reactive and having that monkey mind all the time, but instead be able to practice coming from a different state? What tools would you recommend?
Okay, well, I think it really starts with knowing how to deactivate mental chatter. So there's actually, fortunately, a very simple mechanism. I'll guide you through it. You don't need to think or make anything happen. The body will respond naturally. So here's what we do. The first thing we do is we allow our eyes to soften so we have a soft gaze. Typically, we live in a bit of a zoomed-in state and we hold a lot of tension around the eyes. So the moment we allow our eyes to soften and maybe just even notice there's spaciousness all around us, we're activating the body's relaxation response. That's step 1. And even that itself is such a beautiful skill, which is when you're locked in and your head's full of problems and stress and overwhelm, In the moment of noticing it, zoom out, soften your gaze, tune into the spaciousness. That will shift your state immediately.